"These go to Eleven"

I could just buy a face plate from one of the online part suppliers. But this amp needs to go to Eleven!
The Famous Clip from This is Spinal Tap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d54UU-fPIsY

I've been up against a major technological hurdle. I saw a link on the Internet on how to make Printed Circuit boards using a laser copy/printout. When a laser printer prints, the laser printer uses heat to fuse the toner to the paper. The concept it to use heat to melt the toner to the printed circuit board or in this case a plexiglass face plate for the Amp. The technique works like this.

• Make a printout of the design.
• Place the printout toner side down in the board.
• Carefully Iron the design onto the board.
• At this point it is stuck to the board. He then went on for the next many pages telling what papers broke down after soaking a day or two in water.

The article I read, this guy worked at Staples and found a few papers that seemed to work pretty good. I tried it and it there always was some paper left embedded in the toner.

Thanks to Google!

Spy Paper! I found a product online called Spy Paper. They sell to magic shops and to spys I guess. The paper is suppose to completely dissolve in water. I figured this would be perfect for my task at hand.

I drew the dial pattern in PowerPoint using the Video Clip of that famous scene as a guide. That along with a calulator to divide the 300 degree arc into 12 segments = 27.27 degrees for each dial segment.

The plan is to applying the dials logos and text to the Chassis side of the plexiglass. Then spray paint the backside in gold or silver.

I found this Spy Paper on ebay from this eBay store (I tested it and it worked great!)

http://cgi.ebay.com/Spy-Paper-Dissolvo-Magician-Accessory-Gospel-Trick_W0QQitemZ360121128350QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0

There is also this other store with greater quanitities, but I haven't tried their spy paper yet. It looks different from looking at the picture. (Un-Tested)

http://cgi.ebay.com/Spy-Paper-Sheets-10-Pack_W0QQitemZ270290930641QQcmdZViewItemQQptZBI_Security_Fire_Protection

The video is the spy paper dissolving.